Damian Lewis • January/February 2016
Actor Damian Lewis, the former star of “Homeland,” returns to television as a hedge-fund rogue with a common touch in the upcoming Showtime series “Billions.” Read about his knack for playing complex characters with a sympathetic side in February's Cigar Aficionado, on newsstands now. Plus, we go inside the world of fantasy sports betting, look at the potential future of Cuban cigars in a post-embargo market and Congressman Peter King assesses the risks facing Americans today. Additionally, we rate 104 cigars, including Cigar Aficionado's annual list of the Top 25 Cigars of the Year.
Features
One In A Billion
Heads turn as Damian Lewis strides into a Le Pain Quotidien franchise in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. Lewis, in sunglasses, walks the length of the restaurant unmolested …
Risks Facing America
A group of extremists who turned the quiet streets of Paris into a war zone. A nuclear state hoping to launch its missiles across the globe. A former empire expanding its …
Ticket To The Top
With the posse continually in the distance but always on their trail, Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy turns to Robert Redford as the Sundance Kid in their legendary 1969 buddy movie …
The Realty Of Fantasy
Everything being equal, Assani Fisher would much rather be in Las Vegas. But, like all professional gamblers, he follows the action. And, as of this past October 15, the world …
Cigars
Life After Number One
January 6, 2012, 10 A.M. A button is pressed in New York City and a copper, gold and blue cigar band appears on the screens of a waiting world. A minute later the phones begin to …
Cuba’s American Plan
For the last 55 years, Cuba's cigar company has focused on the rest of the world, not the United States. Despite ignoring their northern neighbor on an official level, illegal …
Ratings from this Issue
Up Front
Thoughts for the Year Ahead
As we write this editors' note 2015 is coming to an end. It has been a stellar year for Cigar Aficionado , with some of the most impressive subjects ever to grace our covers: …
Out of the Humidor
Dear Marvin, Your Editors' Note came during a very, very important time. We do live in a media-crazed era where ratings and drama thrive. I struggle with finding my own outlets …
The Good Life
Made For You
In a world of fast food and one-size-fits-all sensibilities, how often does something feel made especially for you? The "Made for You" section celebrates those items that are …
Mukul Resort, Guacalito de la Isla, Nicaragua
Undulating forested topography dramatically meets the sea where sandstone cliffs rise above the water to define a cove that protects Manzanillo Beach at Mukul. The resort serves …
BMW 7-Series
BMW has long billed itself the maker of "the ultimate driving machine." Models like the new M3 performance sedan certainly live up to that expectation. But what to do in an era …
Steinway Spirio Player Piano
Player pianos, even the so-called superior ones, have always had the same problem—rigidity. While a self-playing piano may get most of the notes right for, say, the Liszt Piano …
Bauman Rare Books
When someone tries to convince me of the pleasure of reading a book online or with a Nook, I wonder if he ever held a rare book in his hands and felt its aesthetic appeal. Hold …
Meat Grinders
Marketers have no shortage of cooking gizmo and gimmicks—juicers and boilers, choppers and graters—designed for some very specific task, but destined to wind up on a shelf. Men …
Tie Your Own Flies
Every fisherman knows the primal joy of reeling in a fish hearty enough to eat. But true angler's nirvana comes only when supper is caught using flies you've crafted with your own …
Paul Stuart Estate Jacket
For variations in form and function when it comes to men's clothes, always look to outerwear. That's because so much of it is handed down to us from specific uses, typically …
Breitling Emergency II
Fans of James Bond may recall Breitling's role in 1965's Thunderball . The ingenious Q outfitted the brand's Top Time dive watch with a Geiger counter, so the spy could locate …
The Beer Cooler
The calendar is full of entertainment occasions when sophisticated cocktails calling for a slew of specialized gear are in order, but when it's Super Bowl time the drinking palate …
Cigar Jar Humidors
Sometimes cigars come packaged in ceramic, glass or porcelain jars that typically end up as decorations in a smoking room. They look good lined up on the shelf in your man cave. …